• Duenan@aussie.zone
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    16 days ago

    Gah. Forgot about a bill that needed to be paid until I saw the email receipt of payment 😢

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    16 days ago

    One neighbour doing gardening this morning. Fine it’s a nice day.

    Lunchtime, council is doing mowing grass maintenance around. Bit loud, but whatever.

    As soon as they finished, old mate next door decided it’s his turn.

    I’m going to mow my lawn after work out of spite (and because it needs it).

  • indisin@aussie.zone
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    16 days ago

    They just won’t stop growing. This is my fourth harvest and I’m barely half way through and the harvested ones are still fruiting.

    I think I may have went a tad too far this season. My tummy hurts.

      • indisin@aussie.zone
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        16 days ago

        Haha, yeah Bottom_racer does sauces and that’s far beyond my skill level so I’m just dehydrating them and giving excess bags away to friends :)

        • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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          16 days ago

          I am generally too scared to do sauces, but I made myself do a fermented one last year using exquisite yellow scotch bonnets, and it was SO totally worth it (then I had to move and it got contaminated).

          I definitely recommend having a go at it some time, even just a tiny batch for yourself. It was actually not as hard as I thought - despite the many gurus out there who overcomplicate things

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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      16 days ago

      I’m gonna ferment mine then blend them with roast capsicum (and a little chickpea, garlic, salt and vinegar).

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    16 days ago

    I kind of neglected my garden while feeling so sick for this past week.

    Garden rambles

    Yesterday I went out and watered because everything was wilting and noticed the powdery mildew was really on the jack be little pumpkin leaves. Today I went out and they’re full of aphids I don’t have the energy to wipe off. I’m still feeling pretty sick.

    They look healthy still but I’m learning a lot for next go round. (With how much I need next time I should choose concentrates and combine the organic pesticide and fungicide into the same solution for efficiency.)

    There’s a fruit shriveling because I didn’t pollinate it and a recently closed female flower I could still probably get pollen into, but I’m wondering if I should let the plants concentrate on maturing the fruits that are already set and growing. The weather is still warm but I don’t know what to expect.

    Feeling sad af. When starting all this I envisioned a bumper crop of zucchini to share out (as people always complain of them going wild) but it seems my space and energy limitations mean a lower yield.

    With help I managed to sort out a dental appointment for May but that’s still a month away so I cadged another week of antibiotics from the gp to try and hold me. Worried about the wait tbh.

  • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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    16 days ago

    I was just reading about a new law coming in for electric vehicles sold in Aus to have speakers that emit noise so that pedestrians will hear them. Good in theory. The catch is, each car maker can have custom noise, so of course they all want some special unique sound. I am already imagining the cacophony of clashing car noises. Lucky I don’t suffer from sensory issue but this could be a new form of hell for those that do. Oh, and the noise must be between 50-75db.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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      16 days ago

      That sounds like an atrocious solution to put the ownus of safety on the pedestrian to hear the car and not the driver to PAY THE FUCKING ATTENTION TO WHERE THEY’RE GOING!!! Build better infrastructure not worse cars. I already hate traffic noise, I was looking forward to at least EVs being mostly quieter.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        16 days ago

        The problem is that pedestrians often don’t pay attention to where they are going, and if that involves stepping in front of a car without looking there is often not much the car driver can do. Although given how often people are wandering around oblivious with headphones in I’m not sure how helpful sound will be.

        • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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          16 days ago

          Make dashcams mandatory before car noise speakers. If they’re not paying attention they’ll step in front of anything. I’ve had people step out blindly in front of medium trucks.

      • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
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        16 days ago

        I use a mobility scooter. The number of close calls I’ve had with people stepping directly in front of me (or letting their kids/dogs etc run directly in front of me) because they will not fucking look is too damn high

        I’ve ended up smashing into walls trying to avoid oblivious pedestrians

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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      16 days ago

      I went to type ‘Nooo’ and accidentally typed ‘Mooo’…

      Imagine if you could get custom horns like novelty ringtones🐄 😣

      • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
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        16 days ago

        I’ve seriously considered loading the MGM lion’s roar onto my phone so I can use it as a better horn on my scooter

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    16 days ago

    So I bought something from an aussie supplier on ebay

    I get a notice it’s coming from china

    so it was just a drop shipper

    should I assume the seller has checked the product for safety? No. What would happen is I would be told to get a refund from paypal/ebay

    I paid an extra $35 over what I could have paid on aliexpress

    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
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      16 days ago

      I bought a mouthguard a while back from Kogan, thinking I’d support a ‘local’ business. It was more expensive than from Amazon, but you know, local.

      It arrived in a box with an Amazon docket showing the lower price kogan got it for, prior to the markup I paid. Bloody Kogan, never shopping from them again (and don’t get me started on the resulting spam)

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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        16 days ago

        it also bothers me on an ethical level, there are people who don’t want to trade with certain companies and yet we get shenanigans like that

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      16 days ago

      You’ll still get a refund via paypal/ebay.

      Leave a review saying they’re a drop shipper and not an aussie based supplier.

      Predatory tactics, so fuck’em and report.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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        16 days ago

        too late now

        i only found out when it was pretty much on my door step

        but I’m going to be more careful now

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    16 days ago

    free noodles, free stew, free soup, free ice cream

    i am beginning to think i am a cat

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    17 days ago

    Flights back to the Oppressive Soup are booked. 9 nights. Would’ve preferred not to stay as long but due to multiple things that’s the best option. Since my aunt was paying I got the max Jetstar bundle. So luxurious being able to pick any seat, including the special ones, without paying extra!

    The other option was Scoot, which a friend (who does that route often) says is much more reliable. But the fact that you can’t even get free water without paying the max amount (and only 1 cup at that!) and use of charging ports is also blocked except for that top tier (but use of power banks is banned in-flight) really rubs me the wrong way. Singapore may be efficient, but that penny-pinching mentality really shits me (the charging port is ALREADY THERE and electricity costs basically nothing! Wtf!)

    I already am only doing this trip because I have to… I’d rather deal with Jetstar’s inefficiency for now. Hopefully I don’t regret it.

    Most of the people I know there (and still have any interest in meeting up with) are away because of their PH, so it’ll be mostly just me and my mum stuck in a dusty, noisy, humid and dark apartment 🫠 I’m going to be bothering colleagues on Teams and/or hanging out here to stay sane

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    16 days ago

    I’ll need to crack open a can of Citray when I get home today. I received an email from La Sirene they’ve stocked up on the Praline as well. We’ll probably be in Reservoir for a car show so I might get some

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    16 days ago

    OK so if work is making me give up my lunch break to go to someone’s going away lunch, I think it’s fair that I not have to pay.

    Thoughts?

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      16 days ago

      As dumble said, tell them that out of pocket lunch expenses are not in your budget at the time and you prefer to eat what you brought from home.

      I’ve never actually attended a farewell lunch, especially for someone whom I barely know.

      Hopefully this won’t affect your standing with your colleagues, but they should be accepting of your situation.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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      16 days ago
      1. Pay and accept it as part of work social life, it’s a chance to bond with new colleagues.
      2. Go but don’t eat anything, claim you’re in a bit of debt while being between jobs. Eat your packed lunch on the way to the lunch. Maybe come across as a bit difficult.
      3. Refuse to go saying that if they’re not paying for the meal or your lunch break they can gargle your fucking nuts.

      I reckon I’ve listed them in order of acceptability and reverse order of what I’d want to do.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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        16 days ago

        2 is a really good option, probably what I’d do as well. The other time we had a work lunch at a nearby pub that was eye wateringly expensive, I didn’t eat and later when the idea of going there was floated again I just straight up said it was nice but out of my budget. Only then did some colleagues chime in to agree. Just gotta be brave sometimes